Operation button items (Continued)

To

Touch

change the

 

playback

(frame)

direction*

 

 

 

play back

[ySLOW]

slowly**

To reverse direction:

 

(frame) t

 

[ySLOW]

 

 

play back 2

(double speed)

times faster

To reverse direction:

(double speed)

(frame) t

 

(double speed)

 

 

play back frame

(frame) during

by frame

playback pause.

 

To reverse direction:

 

(frame) during

 

frame playback.

 

 

*Horizontal lines may appear at the top, bottom, or in the center of the screen. This is not a malfunction.

**Pictures output from the DV Interface (i.LINK) cannot be played back smoothly in slow mode.

2Touch [ RET.] t .

To return to the normal playback mode,

touch (Play/Pause) twice (once from frame playback).

bNotes

•You will not hear the recorded sound. You may see mosaic-like images of the previously played picture.

A DUB CTRL (Audio dubbing)

Using the internal stereo microphone

(p. 68), you can add sound to a tape already recorded in 12-bit mode (p. 41) without erasing the original sound.

bNotes

•You cannot record additional audio:

–When the tape has been recorded in the 16-bit mode (p. 41).

–When the tape has been recorded in the LP mode.

–When your camcorder is connected via an i.LINK cable.

–When the tape has been recorded in 4CH MIC mode on other camcorders.

–On blank sections of the tape.

–When the tape has been recorded in a TV color system other than that of your camcorder (p. 58).

–When the write-protect tab of the cassette is set to SAVE (p. 59).

–On sections recorded in HDV format.

•When you add sound, the picture will not be output from the A/V Remote Connector. Check the picture on the LCD screen or the viewfinder.

•You can only record additional audio over a tape recorded on your camcorder. The sound may deteriorate when you dub audio on a tape recorded on other camcorders (including other DCR-HC51E/HC52E/HC53E/HC54E camcorders).

Recording sound

Insert a recorded cassette into your camcorder beforehand.

1Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp.

2Touch (Play/Pause) to play back the tape, then touch it again at the point where you want to start recording the sound.

3Touch t [PAGE3] t [A DUB CTRL] t [AUDIO DUB].

X appears.

60min 0:00:00:00

A DUB CTRL

RET.

AUDIO

DUB

4Touch (Play).

Your camcorder starts audio recording via the internal stereo microphone.

appears while recording the new sound in stereo 2 (ST2) during the playback of the tape.

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